In Charlotte, N.C., for the second consecutive day, play at the eGolf Tour’s Championship at Ballantyne Country Club was suspended because of darkness.

The event, which has been shortened from 54 holes to 36, will resume today.

Augusta’s Brad Arrington and former Augusta State golfers Taylor Floyd and Mitch Krywulycz are in the field. None of them were able to complete the second round.

Tennis

US to use same group vs. Serbia

U.S. Davis Cup captain Jim Courier plans to face No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Serbia in the quarterfinals with the same group – Sam Querrey, John Isner, twins Bob and Mike Bryan – that beat Brazil in the first round.

The United States hosts Serbia in Boise, Idaho, on April 5-7. The matches will be played on an indoor hard court.

Courier won’t officially announce his roster until 10 days before facing Serbia.

• In Indian Wells., Calif., Maria Kirilenko outlasted No. 5 seed Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in searing heat to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open for the first time.

Playing in temperatures that topped an unseasonable 90 degrees on Wednesday, Kirilenko improved to 6-0 in three-set matches this year. Seeded 13th, the Russian is playing her first tournament since mid-February when she retired with a right shoulder injury in the first round at Doha.